2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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General Social Sciences is the 39th most popular major in the country with 19,542 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,809 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 29 masters’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Towson University

Towson, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$18,972 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Towson is a large school located in Towson, Maryland that handed out 4 masters’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Towson, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Towson are $18,972, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, Pennsylvania

$17,835 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Edinboro is a small public school situated in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 masters’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Edinboro, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania are $17,835, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

#4

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania

#4 in overall quality

$18,508 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Cal U is located in California, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s general social sciences degrees to qualified students.

Cal U also made our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California University of Pennsylvania are $18,508.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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